I Bought a Woodland!
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- Опубликовано: 24 сен 2024
- I bought a woodland! Now I can build more Bushcraft shelters, and get some more winter camping trips in. The forest is a mixture of trees with the majority being mature beech and oak with some Hazel and silver birch mixed in. Looking forward to making plenty of Bushcraft/off grid films here for you guys!
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A New Chapter! Very excited about this 🌳Follow each episode of the journey through this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLxnadpeGdTxCwRkZTLMhjbT_EAu6bAIZy
Well done sir! onwards & upwards :-)
Congrats, Mike! Didn't see this coming at all!
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Awesome Mike!
Turn this into your paradise.. Love from India..
I'm disabled now, so have not been out in the woods for a few years. When you asked "hear that?", as you walked through the crunching fallen leaves, I could smell the forrest. Thank you. That was a wonderful moment for me.
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GOD BLESS.
Awesome you had that moment
Man i feel your pain and your struggle within.I hope life gets better for you my friend .My days in the only place of solitude I had are done due to breaking my neck and it really sucks but atleast I had over 40 years of being out there doing the things.I'm now learning leather craft and soon I'm gonna start learning basic Blacksmithing just taking some time to get the tools and a proper anvil.
@@dougstanley7662 I'm so happy to hear you have found some activities that give you joy. I knit, and am just learning to work with clay, from a table that spans my bed. I was always an outdoors girl since young childhood - a real explorer, until about 10 years ago when the arthritis took control of my back. It seems blacksmithing could be challenging, but then it could depend on the size of you projects and how long your sessions are, right? I wish you the best my friend.
You should invest in a metal detector and see what historical artifacts you can find, be absolutely awesome if you could find something tied to that land or surrounding area. Interesting stuff.
I would be happy to come down and camp and metal detect the land for you
100%!
@@TAOutdoors Maybe ask "Gebrüder Lange" about this, he's very famous on RUclips for metal detect.
I love detecting woodland 😎 lots of shotgun cartridges though !!
Very envious, I've wanted some woodland for yesrs 👍 just somewhere to bug out too 😁
Nah... just call in the Time Team... 3 days and they'll have dug everything up worth finding :P
Always worth leaving some of the dead trees standing, or fallen, if you're able to. It's fantastic habitat for invertebrates (and they are good food for many other things). Sadly too many woodlands are kept neat and tidy and this habitat is hugely in decline.
I agree with you partly ( as you correctly said “leave some”) a large build up of fallen trees can itself bring a large number of problems to healthy trees. Like parasites and certain types of rot and would say, it’s healthier for the echo system to have a managed forest. My team and I recently had to cut several square miles of healthy forest to save a much larger forest from a certain type of rot caused by lack of management.
THE most enduring & vivid memory from childhood was my first visit to a woodland
when the Bluebells were in bloom...I can see it, smell it and hear to this day (70yo).
Time for another father/son build?? If you plan on doing anymore shelters, you can do the digging!!
Yes please, love watching you work together!
Treehouse..........
@@snook1249 a totally awesome treehouse 😃
Yeah,You need a place to spend the cold winter.
@@snook1249 this dad is awesome, and yes: voting for a treehouse!!
The roots of that fallen tree should remain as shelter for any creatures. The trunk should be cut into lumber and used to build something, thus honoring the tree by saving the wood. By lumbering the trunk you are saving the carbon that the tree has sequestered all these years. The branches can be turned into firewood. What a wonderful resource. Thanks for the video. Jon (Ian)
Ill do a poor job of explaining it but, when trees falls down in a functioning forest as it gets broken down that also sequestors the carbon into the soil. All the bugs break it down into the soil and as long as its not disturbed it stays there.
Yes, mobile saw mill, plank the ash, or square off baulks of timber. Ash is very strong and quite light weight. Morgan cars still use ash frames in production.
Suspect ash die-back may have ruined the timber, the loss of so many majestic trees to this disease is just so sad!
This.
Ownly if the tree trunk is for a sustainable purpose
What we building first?
If it was me, Composter Outhouse ;) Always going to need somewhere to... er... 'go'
A tree house! I have been waiting a long time for a tree house! You know it makes sense!!
@@staffsfinest YES!!!! I would live in one for the rest of my life.
I agree, compost outhouse
@@jon-paulfilkins7820 Priorities man, priorities :-)
I thought the same, mark out the can before anything else.
As a fellow Woodland owner I really enjoyed seeing your joy at starting your journey of owning a woodland. I have owned mine for about 3 years now and found that what you think you should do to the wood is the complete opposite to what is actually best practice. So dont rush into anything with out doing research first. For example you need lots of dead wood on your land. About 30% of your wood should be dead and rotting away to put nutrients back into the ground . So dont clear it all away. I have lots of dead wood piles around which rot down remarkably quickly. Also that tree that's dead but still standing leave it. Woodpeckers and lots of other animals and insects will rely on that. Your fallen Ash tree would get you a small bit of money but I would leave it as a feature for climbing on etc and it will rot down and feed the woodland for many decades. Beech as you mentioned likes to drop its branches. Damn big ones at times sometimes 1/4 to half the tree. (About once a year on my 6 acres). I have found that wind does not seem to be such an issue for mature trees as much as the smaller trees, your blown down coppice would back that up.
Enjoy your wood. You will notice something different every time you visit and get very excited about even the tiniest of things.
congrats on the acquisition.
Jason!!! The main man himself
Thank you Jason
Congratulations, TA Outdoors. I'd imagine owning a piece of woodland is a dream of more than a few people who watch this channel.
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Oh yeah
Going to do my best to bring people as close to this dream as I possibly can!
@@TAOutdoors bring me!!!
Brilliant. I bought one in the spring and it’s the best thing I think I’ve ever done. The advice I was given when I got mine was “don’t do anything major for the first year”. Let the seasons come and go, make notes and get the feel for it. Great news 😀
I’ll need to do a few things as some of the wood that has fallen will start to breakdown. But congrats on getting your wood!
@@TAOutdoors ‘ congrats on getting your wood’ this could mean a whole different thing Mike 😂😂
The smile on my face let alone yours was the best feeling I’ve had watching this channel. I’m so proud and happy for you and can’t wait for the future!!
Thanks Harry!
This type of purchase is not to benefit oneself but for ecology !
Congratiulations Mike! Beautiful woodland! We cut relieved a few trees from Ivy in the forest of our roundhouse, but I regret it after all. Ivy provides great habitat for birds and nectar in the autumn. Your oak looks healthy and pretty sheltered, even If it would blow down, that's nature, it would create great habitat for the decomposers and new regeneration, and so the more ancient woodland vibes:) Deadwood can often be more valuable for biodiversity than alive trees, so I would thin some alive trees in specific places rather than taking the dead ash, although that would make for some great lumber wood. On to the joys of woodland management! All the best, Julius
Hi Julius, thanks for the comment. Unfortunately these old oaks are not in a sheltered place. They are bearing the brunt of the winds from the open fields and thus protecting the beautiful beech, ash and oak in the middle of the woods. The ivy will be coming off these particular trees but I will leave it on the inner trees and let it take it’s natural cause. I’ve not shown the woodland in too much detail yet but there are still a few oak trees that are alive but have blown over into other trees, these will be cut and left to decompose in nature. As for the ash, this wood is too good and straight to not utilise for something. As much as I like it, just leaving that particular ash to sit and decompose would not be ideal given the resources it yields. There are a few fallen ash/oak already which are decomposing and I’ll leave those to keep the biodiversity going. Plenty to think about and looking forward to delving more into it!
@@TAOutdoors Thanks for your reply Mike, although we all would do some things differently, I'm sure the woods will be well under your care. Curious to see what you make from the great ash lumber. Enjoy!
The Bamboo that bends is stronger than the Oak that resists...
I often read the concerns of George Monbiot about protecting the UK environment. If only more people were like you, and appreciated the wonder of natures and it’s years of growth and nurture. I am glad that you have this woodland.
Congratulations Mike! I'm so grateful for you and what you've taught me in Bushcraft over the years, and I'm glad you have this new space for creating enjoying and sharing 🌲🗡️ carry on!
Mate, you are living my DREAM 😍👌 Congrats on 2m, absolutely deserved 🙌
So happy that this will be a space for your children to enter and learn about the environment too
Definitely leave at least the root ball. The fugi and moss that will grow on will be absolutely beautiful! Nature's art you know.
the fallen ash tree would be great turned into boards to make a cabin!! can still leave the root ball and a small part of the trunk to do it's own thing for nature, amazing now you've got your own woodland, brilliant achievement. really nice for you and dad.
Congratulations Mike on your woodland 🌳
I’m lucky enough to own a small ancient woodland in Kent I love it. It’s such a relaxing place to go I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with yours.
Enjoy 👍👍
When dealing with ivy, sever it, leaving an 18 inch clearance around around full circumference of the tree
I went on my first bushcraft camping trip last Friday and stayed overnight into Saturday it was amazing and was all inspired by watching your videos. Congrats man
Congratulations Mike and welcome to the club. Having your own land is a transformative experience. You can cherish it for generations. If you don’t already have one you should consider adding a stock pond for fishing. Your Dad can enjoy it as well and shoot more TA Fishing videos there. I’m extremely happy for you. Glad you could make your dream happen.
As a forester I have sooo many questions! Seeing this makes me incredibly enthousiastic. Congratulations and enjoy this new adventure!
One idea for the fallen tree is to use the wood for a cabin or permanent shelter right there it fall. That way you use it, but it remains in place.
Make a shelter using the fallen Ash tree as part of the structure!
In years to come crossing the threshold into this wood will be like travelling back in time 500 years!
My mother's parents bought 160 acres back in the day. I was lucky enough to have lived on it in the old line shack my grandparents fixed up and added to it. It has well water, dug by my grandpa. There is a septic tank with 3 or 4 out flow things. The property has hills, a seasonal creek, and bottom land. Most of the place is covered with trees. It is a tiney forest with oaks, poplar, mesquit, cedar, percimons, Wilde plumb, black walnut, pecan, and others. There is a small pond as well.
I would love to get my own place one day. I want a spring or 2 on mine as well as a deep well. I hope to find a bigger property with a few flat areas, and lots of trees. A good mix would be devine!
It’s one of the best things, I bought my own small plot earlier this year. Take the time to just watch and enjoy, get the feel for the wood. As regards the big ash, leave the larger limbs to rot down, leave some of the trunk at the root end and use the great resources in that trunk.
How much does it cost to buy your own plot and do you mean a woodland like this one? I'd love to have my own land 😌🙂
This is what they call living the dream. Congrats on the woodland your family friends and yourself will enjoy it for many years to come 🤘🏻
You've done it mate, your goal! How fantastic. I'm over the moon for you pal. I can not wait to see what you come up with pal. Your face just tells us how happy you are. Big congratulations Mike 👍
Thanks so much Ant!
I‘d say leave the ash, collect branches up to arm-size, but leave alle the big parts. Micro wildlife and health of the whole system will Thank you for many decades to come! I‘m thrilled and super happy for you!! All the best
So cool to see your success. New dad, new home and now your own woodland. Your viewers get to live vicariously through your success and I hope it’s been us who’ve helped you to afford it all. Looking forward to the adventures you’ll have there. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. 👏👏👍✌️🇺🇸
Watching this back now your excitement still gets me smiling 1yr on from the 1st playlist loaded and setting up shop for the next few hrs
My goodness this is incredible news! We can’t wait to see what you create here. Super excited for you, Mike.
Ash Tree: Let 15 feet from the roots decay naturally, and then cut the rest up at-will to split and rive into various projects or fuel-wood, IMO.
Yes, except I would say take the straight 20ft section, and leave the roots and the upper trunk and branches behind to provide a variety of wildlife habitats. That trunk section would give maybe three dozen 20ft 6-inch beams for building projects, after a year of drying.
@@RichWoods23 1 year per inch thickness
@@carmineredd1198 could you saw your beams to 2 inch and ratchet strap loads together for drying?or would there be warping
Beautiful! I can really see how much you love this property. I enjoy everything you do mike and I know you worked hard to be the teacher, friend and father you are. Proud of you mike and you of all people deserve that beautiful land.
I think its fantastic news that you have bought this, most people would just spend the money they make on youtube on other things but you have invested in to a piece of beautiful natural history which you will take care of and hopefully pass down to your children. Well done.
Man, I can't even begin to express how happy I am for you. I've traded woodland properties for many years now and it is such an amazing feeling walking out into the woods and knowing they are yours! It is so easy to fall in love with a forest that no one can just come along and kick you out of. :) Congrats from the far west of the United States!
As for the Ash Tree. I'd keep it. Might be useful for later bushcraft builds. Certainly high enough and straight enough to be a solid half wall.
Congratulations Mike. Beautiful forest. Maybe time for a tree house.
Great thought
In regards to the fallen Ash tree Mike !
Chain saw carve “TA Outdoors” then leave it after alone 👌🏼
Congratulations, Mike. I wish you, and everyone around you, many happy moments there. :)
Superb.ive been a tree surgeon for 20 years so if I've learnt anything it's get rid of the ivy.its so destructive. While wild life do like it,tress don't.Just severe the stem about a foot off the ground an then another cut higher up clearing about a six inch gap.youve got a beautiful woodland and don't want ivy anywhere in it.
So pleased for you
You deserve it. Your content never fails to inspire.
I hope the lad, or lass, who gave you that 'permission', in their woods, is not forgotten.
I've got two permissions and they're priceless!
I bet Mike couldn't sleep for days after you bought this wonderful piece of land. stay safe and stay strong!!
Like a kid in a candy shop! Still smiling
Congratulations! The woodlands will be in secure hands! Suggestion: I was told 1 time to wait 1 year before I made new decisions of a major nature....so...keep the ash at least for 1 full season, then decide. Allow your fantastic creative mind the joy of the exploration of what could be done. Clean out the widow makers and clean the trash....and enjoy the beauty of it all with a fire, coffee and Jacks. You deserve this.
Congratulations! 👌 We've had our little bit of Ancient woodland 3 years now - best thing we did! 👍 Planting trees is very satisifying and it's difficult to go with the advice to just observe it for a year - have fun, the family will love it! 🌳💜 Ivy is good for bees & I name trees too! 🍁
Use the Ash for some beams towards later projects, like to become part of some type of cabin. Beautiful place, enjoy and goodluck, love this!
I was thinking that or perhaps a local wood worker would like to come and slab it off to make tables or shelves. There is a company that is near me that take large old trees to does just that (and some of their slabs are massive 20+' long and 6 feet wide. Amazing pieces of wood. It's called Berkshire Products btw)
First off I just want to say congratulations on buying a absolutely gorgeous piece of land. Its beautiful. I love watching you and all of your shows. I've been watching your videos for a over a year and I can't wait to check your channel every day. My grandmother was born in and around London England and met my grandpa during WW2. So I have a little bit of a England heritage I guess. I love everything that you share with your viewers and how much information you share. I just wanted to say thank you for everything you do brother. Keep up the great work and I will be watching you in the future.
Wow that’s smashing. Can’t wait for future videos on your own land. This is my dream too!
Exciting news! Very happy for you, Mike! I'd love to see an episode or two on the woodland management as well, so we can get a sense of the effort going into keeping the land, and the trees primarily, healthy and thriving.
Looking forward to whatever you're gonna be doing on that lovely piece of land!
I hope I didn’t miss it, but how many acres is the woodland? Is it a reasonable drive from your home to get there? Do you anticipate any problems with hunters encroaching on your land? Are you and your father looking forward to spending the winter coming up with new bush craft project for next spring?
Would like to know also. It would be nice if he made a video about the risks of having this beautiful woodland.
It looks like it might only be an acer or 2. But I would also love to know.
Congratulations. This is wonderful. Your delight is obvious. Please explain the forest management. I don't think we have much of a tradition of that in the US
Occasional viewer here, for the last couple of years. Just wanted to send warm congratulations to you on your newly acquired woodland. So heartening to see such a kind hearted soul realise their dreams, enjoy every minute mate. A kid on Christmas morning springs to mind 😁
Do an overnighter under the fallen ash! Back to basics, Sooth Gefixt style!
This is awesome, huge congrats! Looking forward to hearing a bit more about managing and sustaining the land. It's strange how we don't really think about how to keep the resources in plenty when it comes to camping and bushcraft, but rather just how to use them...
Actually living the dream! I’ve yearned for a wood of my own to look after and it’s inspiring to see you achieve this! Nice one TA!
what a gorgeous property!!
the peace there. The LoVing memories you two ate making are just a blessing. I wish my father was still alive. It is hard to find a good man to create a life with.
Your enthusiasm and excitement for your new land is palpable and inspiring. Thank you.
Smashing the game right out of the park with this news mate.
Congratulations, this is epic.
The fallen Ash tree does give alot of character. And mushrooms are good.
Yeah I would leave it, interesting feature.
Oh, wow, this place is BEAUTIFUL.
I really love seeing a woodland that isn't overrun with honeysuckle. It's such a massive problem here in the US; we don't have small hazel, its niche has been hugely run out by amur honeysuckle, which is useless invasive trash that should be exterminated on sight; it's really horrible for woodlands because it kills everything underneath it. Wish we had hazel instead here. Maybe we did, before the honeysuckle came. If you see any amur honeysuckle anywhere on the property, eliminate it ASAP.
Imo you should leave SOME of the downed branches - and probably that giant ash - to rot. It's a good home for invertebrates, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fungus, etc, and thus for animals that eat them as well, like foxes and hawks/falcons. There's a lot of benefits to letting downed trees in a woodland decay naturally instead of all getting pulled out and 'cleaned up.' Fallen logs can also serve as fertile ground for young trees; look up 'nurse log.'
Commercial woodlands don't let trees decay, but one used for filming and camping and natural habitats should. If you manage it not for classic 'perfect immaculate tailored sanitary woodland beauty' but for greatest biodiversity and habitat free of invasive species, it'll end up looking much better, in my opinion.
The excitement in your voice is awessome
I so pleased for you!
Something id love to do
Good luck in everything your do xx
Bunker in the garden, woodland, various builds. The dream.
we need more people in the world to buy woodlands/forests to keep them natural instead of developing every inch of the planet. congrats MIke
Dude you have just achieved my dream. I have always wanted my own woodland so that i can build an off grid home. Well done dude, that rocks. If you don't mind me asking, how big is it and how much did it cost. I'm only asking because i live in the UK too and someday want to buy some land myself and would like an idea about the cost for the size.
buying a woodland doesn't give you an automatic right to build an off grid house I'm afraid . You might still have to apply for permission or prove why you need a house there . You can check woodlands for sale on places like " Zoopla " or even "Ebay"
Approx £10 k an acre for woodland, land is cheaper the more north you go, but you won't get planning permission to change it to residential use.
@@snowflakemelter1172 you won`t get any for 10k an acre here in Devon , almost triple that sadly
I'm talking about building a small cabin not an actual full size house. Something i can live in a few months out of the year similarly to how people do with caravans.
@@Enigmatic.. you initially said you wanted a home.
Yeah, leave the ash tree. It gives the woods character! I love your new 'studio' and I can't wait to see what you come up with.
If anyone deserves this woodland it’s you Mike. Through all of your videos it’s clear that you are a great custodian of the forest and this woodland will be in safe hands. Congratulations.
Congratulations, you can see the excitement in your face. Best of luck with your purchase.
First time I've seen your channel and that was an inspiring video to say the least. Can you please tell us more about the woodland such as size, general location and cost? It's not something that ever crossed my mind but now I'm fascinated.
How exciting! I'm going to really enjoy watching and learning about wood management along with everything else you do.
Congratulations Mike! Can’t wait to see what you make of it
We own the woodlands next to you! Thank you for being such a lovely neighbour
You can use some of the branches and things for firewood but you can use the area where it's open underneath to build a shelter
Please consider carefully whether you really want to remove the ivy, apart from being really valuable for birds it is also super important for bees as ivy is one of the last plants to blossom each year and therefore can be crucial to the bee's survival in the winter. Apart from that I would definitely leave the ash tree and plenty of dead wood in general, apart from being a land owners responsibility to to look after the biodiversity, I also think that making the woodland look too manicured would not be beneficial for the feeling it gives in your videos, it would feel like filming in somebody's back garden instead of proper nature. But otherwise I'm really pleased for you that you were able to buy this lovely woodland and I'm looking forward to all the nice videos you're going to film there!
kill the ivy save the tree please
I would venture to say he will add a plant where he takes one away. There is plenty of room to add plants that feed and attract humming birds and bees.
The trees growing around the perimeter act as a windbreak for the trees standing deeper inside the woodland. There's really no need to remove the ivy from the inner trees, they are rooted good and strong. I enjoyed the magical tour, thanks!
@@ephrimvael I was going to say EXACTLY the same thing. Remove 4 inches from the ivy so it cannot re-attach (carefully with a small chainsaw works fine), from only the outer limits trees. The inner trees will look after themselves.
Please research ivy first 👍
Hey Mike as a "house warming" party for your new woods why not invite other you tubers down for a camp, bushcraft tools, haze etc. Make a great video.
Congrats on the woodland dude.
The thing with buying woodland in the Netherlands is that drug manufacturers dump their mdma production waste (like acetone) into nature. Should they do this on your land, you are charged by the city for cleaning it up, a cost that is usually higher than the cost to of the woodlands in the first place. I hope its better in the UK.
That’s actually one of the reasons I’m not a fan of mdma, absolutely disgusting for the environment I read somewhere that for every ton of mdma there’s 3 of toxic waste
Hazel coppices are so good. Great you have your own piece of nature.
That large dead beach on the ground has several possibilities. One the stump, should stay; the next section could be fifteen feet of sawn lumber and the top could be firewood or leave it for wildlife.
You could take the branches off the Ash and use and then leave the hulk for nature, harvest off it too. That's my penny's worth anyway 😊 and congratulations!
Wonderful! I'm so glad you actually have your own piece of nature. It must be a truly great feeling to walk through a forest and know you own.
I'm honestly kind of proud. Congratulations! (I guess XD)
Absolutely loved this vid and I’m a new sub! My dad’s got his own woodland and you just cannot beat it. Yours looks amazing and a lot more level than ours. Stunning mix of trees and I look forward to watching your future vids there and your journey managing the woodland, it will be a steep learning curve for sure! Worth doing some chainsaw training! Good luck with it all!! 😃
Great job Mike. Try planting hazel on edge and make hazel hedge row as barrier.
I’m just so jealous what a fantastic life your having you make me smile.
“Buy land, they're not making it anymore.” - Mark Twain
[hawaii laughs]
"Son, stocks may rise and fall. Utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good . . . but they will always need LAND, and they will pay through the nose to get it." - Lex Luthor (quoting his father).
China would disagree
@ Barlo Tardy -- "Mark Twain doesn't know what he's talking about... Tell it to the Lava flows constantly changing my surface"
~ Mother Nature 😁
Congrats - I'm just wondering, how big is the parcel? I know that the UK is a bit more crowded than the US, but I am wondering how much land that you were able to secure.
I'm thinking 1 acre
I would build with that ash tree since it has already fallen. Personally, I would use a saw mill of some kind.
That ash tree looks like a perfect foundation for a bushcraft shelter. No rush to cut it up.
Congratulations. Beautiful place and you have saved a lovely place from destruction. And the ways you can make use of it.
As an amateur guitar builder that ash looks perfect for some amazing instruments, if given some attention!
It just looks perfect, and whenever I see hardwoods that large and straight I’m always a bit sad when they are not used for some beautiful instruments or even furniture! That ash could be sawn into amazing table tops as well! Getting a chainsaw mill would be a perfect addition if you ever want to make
A wood shop. You could use that beautiful wood for some amazing furniture, it would be a nice addition to the buildings you may build inside the woodland as well!
Very nice. Who did you buy it from? Was it woodland for sale, or a private sale?
How much woodland did you get? A few minutes explaining the process would have been nice.
I'm so happy for you!I'm a pretty recent subscriber only around a year I think but just the happiness i can see in your eyes just being in that woodland and all your thoughts and ideas and the smile on your face makes me and I'm sure everyone else so happy. I look forward to seeing what you end up doing with such a beautiful area. I'm only fourteen and I've been getting into bushcraft and camping and such and your chanel has inspired me alot and I hope one day I could own my own woodland as well.
Congrats on all of your hard work paying off! I’ve enjoyed every video of yours that I have seen. The best part for me is that you get to work with your Dad and that it’s documented on film. That will be incredible for you and generations to come. Stay safe!
Great day! Congratulations! Was great living on 109 acres, so I know your joy! Happy woodland!
Congratulations on buying your own woodland, I look forward to seeing future videos there! I think you should maybe consider leaving the Ivy, fallen ash tree and the dead standing tree alone. The oak the ivy is on looks strong, will be providing for a lot of wildlife and won't necessarily negatively impact the tree while it's still healthy. the fallen ash and dead standing tree will provide a rich habitat for beetles, fungi and other wildlife and it would be a shame if you removed all decaying wood that wasn't going to be used for building or firewood! Can't wait to see the next video Mike, take care xx
i would personally leave it.
it would be interesting to document the decay of this tree and see what kinds of plants and animals make use of it over the years.
Leave the ash tree to be a nurse log for future trees and other forest plants! They really help things grow back healthily :)
Chop the ash wood into chunks and dry them for crafting. Ash is wonderfull for woodworking!
Congratulations on being the owner of this fantastic woodland! Oak trees can live to 1,000 yrs of age, & more. You may even find truffles growing on the roots of oaks in a woodland setting. What a great place!